Three people have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following a protest outside a hotel where asylum seekers were staying in Merseyside. Merseyside Police said officers in Prescot were dealing with two groups of protesters after a demonstration descended into chaos outside the Suites Hotel in Ribblers Lane on Friday evening. Videos shared on
Alec Baldwin is attempting to have one of the charges of involuntary manslaughter, which could see him jailed for five years, thrown out by a US court. Lawyers for the actor argued that New Mexico prosecutors had committed an “unconstitutional and elementary legal error” by charging him under a statute that did not exist at
In this article AMZN META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images For Matthew Hassett’s smart alarm clock company Loftie, the 2022 holiday shopping
The US has shot down an unknown object flying in its airspace, off the coastline of Alaska – just days after it downed a Chinese “spy” balloon. The object, shot down on the order of President Joe Biden, was flying at a high altitude of about 40,000ft and was the size of a small car,
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes confirmation of a new e-bike coming from Rivian, a high quality new electric cruiser bike from Priority, a return of the RadWagon, testing out the Lectric XP Trike, delayed
Tory MPs have stepped up calls for the government to cut taxes after pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca overlooked Britain for a new £320m drug factory. Sir Pascal Soriot, the firm’s chief executive, said it wanted to build a new plant close to its existing sites in northwest England but “because the tax rate was discouraging” chose
In this article SNDR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The freight trucking industry is beginning its transition to electric vehicles, but it’s going to be short-haul EV trucks that are first adopted before concepts like the Tesla Semi travel longer distances on interstates. Due to the limitations that EV truck batteries face in mileage
Wilfred Frost stands in for Ian King this week and discusses the UK avoiding a recession by the thinnest of margins. He also talks to Auto Trader’s commercial director Ian Plummer about figures suggesting the current global economic difficulties are now hitting the used car market. And with The Brit Awards celebrating the best of
Syria’s suffering is a unique desolation and inside Idlib we’ve seen the face of utter desperation. Here, they thought their plight couldn’t get any worse than running from shelling and cowering from regime bombs, but what was already an horrendously wretched life for millions, has become a whole lot more tragic since the earthquake. People
In this article MSFT GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates smiles during the Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum in London on October 19, 2021. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Images Improvements in artificial intelligence are the “most important” innovation at the moment, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said
8:00 AM ET When it comes to Alabama football, cause for concern is relative. Sure, it’s been only two seasons without a national championship, but the team replacing Alabama in that title seat during those two years was SEC rival Georgia. The Crimson Tide at times a year ago simply did not look like the
7:40 AM ET The Boston Bruins are having a special sort of season. It’s a season with historic potential. And one that’s way off-script. The Bruins weren’t supposed to be a powerhouse, with an NHL-leading 83 points and jaw-dropping 39-7-5 record. Boston didn’t figure to be so dominant, sitting second overall in goals (3.73) and
Sky’s Paul Kelso speaks to two people affected by mandatory prepayment meter installation, a policy that Ofgem have now ruled against. British Gas has acknowledged that they made a mistake in Louise’s case, and have stopped all forced installations. A newspaper investigation revealed that vulnerable customers had suffered forced entry to their homes on multiple
The US Navy released new images of the recovery of the Chinese balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. #CNN #News #shorts
The air is filled with dust and smoke, the city marked with heaps of rubble – but there is evidence of life in Kahramanmaras. At the Ehbra apartment block we saw an Israeli rescue team exploring part of the structure, and as we arrived, they had made a life-saving discovery. A ripple of applause shot
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle — SSLV-D2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on Friday. The launch has put ISRO’s earth observation satellite EOS-07 and two co-passenger satellites Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 into a 450 km circular orbit around the Earth. According to ISRO, the second developmental flight of
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has not ruled out increasing pay offers to public sector workers, but warned that giving more money to teachers and nurses could entrench high inflation. Speaking as it was revealed the UK economy narrowly avoided recession in 2022, Mr Hunt also indicated he would resist pressure to cancel a planned cut to
Friends of Nicola Bulley have gathered for a “last push” roadside appeal two weeks on from her disappearance – after police extended the search for the missing mother-of-two to the Lancashire coast. The 45-year-old went missing while walking her dog in St Michael’s on Wyre on Friday 27 January after dropping her daughters off at
Dominic Raab has insisted he “behaved professionally at all times” despite facing an official inquiry into his conduct. The deputy prime minister is being investigated by senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC over numerous bullying allegations. But, denying the allegations, Mr Raab told The Telegraph newspaper he is “confident” he has behaved appropriately. “I’m confident I
The economy narrowly avoided recession in the second half of last year, according to early official figures, despite growth going into a sharp reverse in December partly due to the impact of strikes and lack of Premier League football. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that output between October and December was flat at